Chapter 468: Green Tea Plan to Win Back the Boyfriend 13

Faced with that person's question, Jin Chen merely introduced in English that he was his brother from his domestic host family, his tone very flat.

He also introduced to He Yuchuan that the person in the video call was a good friend he had met while studying abroad.

The guy in the video was very enthusiastic, immediately calling him "brother" in somewhat awkward Chinese, just like Jin Chen did.

But He Yuchuan felt a dull pain in his breathing.

Just a brother, a very good friend.

It seemed the closeness was clearly distinguished.

But it shouldn't be like that.

If it were Jin Chen from a few days ago, he would have affectionately grabbed his arm, introduced himself to that person, and then added that he liked his brother the most.

Rather than simply explaining their relationship and leaving it at that.

Guiding the relationship, but who exactly is being hurt…

【Villain Heartthrob Value +10, total 35!】

Jin Chen chatted a couple more sentences, then ended the video call, his gaze toward He Yuchuan somewhat bewildered.

"Brother, don't you have work to attend to today?"

He Yuchuan slowly exhaled a turbid breath, suppressing an unfamiliar feeling welling up from somewhere inside, and did not answer Jin Chen's question.

"What's wrong with you today?"

"Isn't this what you, as a brother, wanted to see?"

Jin Chen also countered, but his tone sank, staring blankly at the black-and-white piano keys, not letting He Yuchuan see his reddened eye rims, his voice light and slightly trembling.

"Are you dissatisfied?"

The sound of the heavy rain outside the window grew louder, nearly drowning out Jin Chen's voice, yet He Yuchuan heard it clearly.

Jin Chen's whole person was shrouded in shadow, as if burdened with an indissoluble sorrow and worry, yet he would no longer open up even a bit to He Yuchuan.

Realizing this situation, He Yuchuan felt only an empty hollowness in his heart, as if a piece had been scooped out.

"I'm not… you don't have to do this."

"But if it's like before, you'll think I'm a bother, right?"

Jin Chen turned his head to look at him, his eyes pitch-black, revealing no emotion, yet tears already filled his eye sockets.

"You'll think I'm strange, then have Gu brother tell me together that I'm wrong, right?"

"If you think it's bad, you could certainly tell me yourself; why let someone else humiliate me?"

Jin Chen felt a sour sting in his eyes; as he spoke the last sentence, he lowered his head and covered his face, not wanting He Yuchuan to see this sorry state.

He Yuchuan was startled by those words, frozen in place, his chest feeling as if something were blocking it, uncomfortable and heavy.

He didn't know how Jin Chen had found out, nor had he imagined that Jin Chen would be so heartbroken over this.

He slightly trembled as he reached out, wanting to ruffle Jin Chen's hair as usual, but was avoided again.

"I still have to practice piano; you go attend to your work."

Jin Chen's tone was a forced stiffness, as if he might collapse any second.

He Yuchuan didn't know how he had left the room, only knowing that in over twenty years he had never felt such intense emotional turmoil, his heartache almost suffocating.

He felt a bit regretful, perhaps he shouldn't have used this method to bring Jin Chen back to proper feelings.

【Villain Heartthrob Value +5, total 40!】

The piano room's door closed, Jin Chen leaned against the door panel, disengaging from the sorrowful emotion.

0731 also felt distressed, not quite understanding why, in this world, the Host would use such a method to provoke the Little Pitiful One.

【Host, why are you doing this? If you dislike the big pig's trotter, you could act cute with the Little Pitiful One; maybe they'd break up.】

Jin Chen slowly exhaled and sat back on the piano bench.

【That ultimately only treats the symptoms, not the root cause.】

Only by making He Yuchuan himself confront their feelings can he break up with Gu Yuanheng.

That also seems somewhat reasonable.

0731 nodded, half-understanding.

——

After returning to the study, He Yuchuan still felt somewhat lost and dispirited.

His mind was filled with his own absurd thoughts, and with Jin Chen's tear-blurred eyes hiding sorrow yet fervent emotion.

The servant, seeing him return, then left the study.

Gu Yuanheng was still angry, and immediately went to He Yuchuan to complain.

"Yuchuan, does Guangshu have some bias against me? It seems he thinks I'm with you just for the Zhuang Yuan's wealth."

"I know Guangshu is like family to you, so I really want to mend things with him, but I never expected……"

"Enough."

He Yuchuan grew annoyed at his words, set the coffee cup on the desk, making a crisp sound.

"Then why don't you reflect on why everyone in the Zhuang Yuan dislikes you—Jin Chen, Guangshu included."

"Wh-what?"

Gu Yuanheng was startled by his attitude, unable to utter a word for a moment.

This was the first time, since knowing He Yuchuan, that he felt his emotions so openly displayed, unreserved, yet without sharpness.

Could his emotional deficiency have been healed?

"Yuchuan, how could you think that of me? I want to treat them well because I love you."

Gu Yuanheng quickly reacted, composing his expression.

He wanted to express sorrow, but having just seen Jin Chen's expression from He Yuchuan, he now felt Gu Yuanheng increasingly false, even developing a latent aversion toward him.

「Continue working。」

He Yuchuan raised a hand to pinch his brow, eased his tone, yet still did not look at him again.

Having said that, he went straight out of the Study, without telling Gu Yuanheng where he was going.

Watching his retreating back, Gu Yuanheng's sorrow was instantly replaced by resentment and jealousy.

He clenched his fists, after a long while finally acted, opened the website on the computer, and stared at the moving red dot on the screen.

〖Iris recognition successful, dynamic facial recognition successful, welcome to enter the No. 1 File Experiment Base〗

The emotionless mechanical female voice sounded, and the blue‑glowing Main Gate immediately opened.

He Yuchuan walked in, already having changed into a clean lab coat.

This laboratory is one of the core operations of the He Group, using the world's most cutting‑edge high‑tech equipment; all lab staff rotate off every three months and may not leave arbitrarily during work periods.

Because the important instruments and documents stored here are equivalent to the lifeblood of the He Group, and also represent the most advanced technology currently mastered by all related conglomerates in Huaguo.

The antechamber was very quiet, storing only weapon equipment to prevent outside intrusion; only a faint buzzing of machinery could be heard.

This time He Yuchuan came in, he actually hadn't encountered any insurmountable problem; he was merely seeking escape, and also to clear his confused thoughts.